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ONIGIRI CHICKEN RICE

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  • 1 kg short-grain rice, washed and rinsed
  • 1.2 litre water
  • 2 cube chicken stock cube
  • 3 stalks pandan leaves
  • 50 g rendered chicken fat
  • 200 g shallots, minced
  • 50 g garlic, minced
  • 50 g old ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 320 g big red chilli, stem removed
  • 80 g chilli padi, stem removed
  • 60 g garlic, peeled
  • 80 g young ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 250 ml water
  • 1/4 chicken stock cube (dissolve in water)
  • 120 g sugar
  • 60 ml kalamansi lime juice
  • 60 ml white vinegar
  • 30 ml fish sauce
  • 1 whole chicken (3.5 lbs, 1.8 kg), preferably organic
  • 40 g old ginger, peeled and sliced
  • 2 stalks pandan leaf
  • 2 stalks white spring onions cut into 1" sections (both the green and white parts),, crushed
  • 5 g sesame oil
  • 30 g Shaoxing rice wine
  • 30 g fish sauce
  • 3 litre water
  • 3 cubes chicken stock cube
  • 1 In a large wok, fry the shallots, garlic and ginger in the chicken fat until aromatic, about 5 minutes
  • 2 Deglaze the pan with chicken stock (made with water and chicken stock cubes)
  • 3 cook rice in rice cooker with pandan leaves and chicken stock
  • 4 Let cooked rice cool slightly and form into onigiri shapes
  • 5 Blend the chillis, garlic, ginger, sugar, lime juice in a food processor until a fine paste
  • 6 Add the chicken stock, vinegar, fish sauce and mix well
  • 7 Blend the ginger together with sesame oil, shaoxing wine and fish sauce
  • 8 Marinate the entire chicken with the above blended mix of ginger and sauces, including the inside of the chicken
  • 9 Fold pandan leaves and spring onions and insert into the cavity of the chicken
  • 10 Leave to marinate overnight in fridge
  • 11 In a large pot, bring chicken stock to a roilling boil
  • 12 Place chicken into pot, making sure it is submerged, reduce heat to a gentle simmer and poach for 1 hour
  • 13 Remove from heat and submerge in ice water